SB 922: Coverage for Treatment of Stuttering

GENERAL BILL by Smith

Coverage for Treatment of Stuttering; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for certain services and devices as a treatment for stuttering for Medicaid recipients; authorizing speech therapy in person and via telehealth as a treatment for stuttering; requiring certain individual health insurance policies, group health insurance policies, and health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified services and devices as treatments for stuttering, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/16/2025 03:13 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 785 by Eskamani Coverage for the Treatment of Stuttering Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Identical

• Citations - Statute (4)

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  409.906	Optional Medicaid services.	Page 1 (pdf)
  627.64192		Page 4 (pdf)
  627.66912		Page 6 (pdf)
  641.3109		Page 8 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/16/2025	S	• Filed
  1/5/2026	S	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Banking and Insurance